Don't you love these names? ' Portmontic '. First time I've ever come across that, thank you for increasing my 19th century vocabulary although NOW I'll be late getting out an order while looking these up.
Somewhere I'm sure someone's put together a book on these little miracles " Why I should be dead and lived to tell about it ". Just read an era account where a man was sitting perched ( I think ) on his cannon. His buddy said he saw the guy leap suddenly from his seat, a shell passing where he'd been sitting. Soldier couldn't explain why he'd done it.
You just know Lindsay sewed a new portmonic ( sounds like a ship, not something you wear ) and put those lucky fragments back in it. Talk about a talisman.